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Saturday, September 13th, 2025
the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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New Revised Standard

2 Chronicles 23:15

So they laid hands on her; she went into the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house, and there they put her to death.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Athaliah;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Women;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Capital Punishment;   Death Penalty;   Penalty, Death;   Punishment;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Death of the Wicked, the;   Gates;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Athaliah;   Joash or Jehoash;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Athaliah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Athaliah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Horse;   Laying on of Hands;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Athaliah ;   Jehoiada ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Joash;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeru'salem;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Anoint;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehoiada;   Lay;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Athaliah;   Horse;   Jerusalem;   Joash;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So they arrested her, and she went by the entrance of the Horse Gate to the king’s palace, where they put her to death.
Hebrew Names Version
So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they killed her there.
King James Version
So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
English Standard Version
So they laid hands on her, and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king's house, and they put her to death there.
New Century Version
So they caught her when she came to the entrance of the Horse Gate near the palace. There they put her to death.
New English Translation
They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses' entrance. There they executed her.
Amplified Bible
So they seized Athaliah, and when she arrived at the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house (palace), they put her to death there.
New American Standard Bible
So they seized her, and when she arrived at the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house, they put her to death there.
World English Bible
So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they killed her there.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So they layde hands on her: and when she was come to the entring of the horsegate by the Kings house, they slew her there.
Legacy Standard Bible
So they laid hands on her, and when she arrived at the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house, they put her to death there.
Berean Standard Bible
So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
Contemporary English Version
She tried to escape, but the commanders caught and killed her near the gate where horses are led into the palace.
Complete Jewish Bible
So they took her by force and led her by the horses' entry to the king's palace, and there they put her to death.
Darby Translation
And they made way for her, and she went through the entrance of the horse-gate into the king's house, and they put her to death there.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then those men grabbed Athaliah when she came to the entrance of the Horse Gate at the king's palace. Then they killed her there.
George Lamsa Translation
Then they made a passage for her, and she went into the entrance of the horse gate, and she was put to death there.
Good News Translation
They seized her, took her to the palace, and there at the Horse Gate they killed her.
Lexham English Bible
And they laid hands on her, and she went into the entrance of the Horse Gate of the house of the king, and they killed her there.
Literal Translation
And they put hands on her, and she came into the entrance of the Gate of Horses, beside the king's house, and they caused her to die there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they layed handes on her. And whan she came at the intraunce of the horsgate of the kynges house, they put her to death there.
American Standard Version
So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they slew her there.
Bible in Basic English
So they put their hands on her, and she went to the king's house by the doorway of the king's horses; and there she was put to death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they layde handes on her till she was come to the entring of the horse gate beside the kinges house, and there they slue her.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So they made way for her; and she went to the entry of the horse gate to the king's house; and they slew her there.
King James Version (1611)
So they layd handes on her, and when shee was come to the entring of the horse gate, by the kings house, they slew her there.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So they let her go out; and she went through the horsemen’s gate of the house of the king, and they slew her there.
English Revised Version
So they made way for her; and she went to the entry of the horse gate to the king’s house: and they slew her there.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei settiden hondis on hir nol; and whanne she hadde entrid in to the yate of the horsis, of the kyngis hows, thei killiden hir there.
Update Bible Version
So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they slew her there.
Webster's Bible Translation
So they laid hands on her; and when she had come to the entrance of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
New King James Version
So they seized her; and she went by way of the entrance of the Horse Gate into the king's house, and they killed her there.
New Living Translation
So they seized her and led her out to the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and they killed her there.
New Life Bible
So they took hold of her. And when she came to the Horse Gate of the king's house, they killed her there.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So they made way for her, and she came into the entrance of the horse-gate of the house of the king, - and they slew her there.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they laid hold on her by the neck: and when she was come within the horse gate of the palace, they killed her there.
Revised Standard Version
So they laid hands on her; and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king's house, and they slew her there.
Young's Literal Translation
And they make for her sides, and she cometh in unto the entrance of the gate of the horses at the house of the king, and they put her to death there.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So they seized her, and when she arrived at the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house, they put her to death there.

Contextual Overview

12 When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she went into the house of the Lord to the people; 13 and when she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments leading in the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, "Treason! Treason!" 14 Then the priest Jehoiada brought out the captains who were set over the army, saying to them, "Bring her out between the ranks; anyone who follows her is to be put to the sword." For the priest said, "Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord ." 15 So they laid hands on her; she went into the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house, and there they put her to death. 16 Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the Lord 's people. 17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars. 18 Jehoiada assigned the care of the house of the Lord to the levitical priests whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord , to offer burnt offerings to the Lord , as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David. 19 He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean. 20 And he took the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord , marching through the upper gate to the king's house. They set the king on the royal throne. 21 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been killed with the sword.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the horse gate: This gate was in the eastern wall of the city, towards the brook Kidron - Jeremiah 31:40, at which the king's horses probably went out from the stables at Millo. It was near the temple; and some Rabbins suppose that, in order to go to the temple, a person might go on horseback to this place, but was then obliged to alight. Nehemiah 3:28

they slew her there: 2 Chronicles 22:10, Judges 1:7, Psalms 5:6, Psalms 55:23, Matthew 7:2, James 2:13, Revelation 16:5-7

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:16 - by the which

Cross-References

Exodus 30:13
This is what each one who is registered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord .
Exodus 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you bring this offering to the Lord to make atonement for your lives.
Ezekiel 45:12
The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall make a mina for you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 23:15. Of the horse-gate — See on 2 Kings 11:16.


 
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